The Broken Escalator at Dhoby Ghaut
2018
The broken escalator at Dhoby Ghaut
Hasn’t been fixed
For weeks on end.
Walking down the stairs Monday to Friday
Has made me despise that
My slow descent
Is made even slower now.
Yet,
You know, I think when
You see yourself in a bunch of
Failing electric stairs
It really puts on display how sad you can be.
It hides behind temporary walls,
To hide insecurities, worries,
Secrets, and a gaping hole
Where an escalator used to be.
If you replace every part of
An escalator with an identical part,
Is it really the same at heart?
Maybe now and again
We get a listen
From inside, a yell or some drilling
but never a full answer.
I say it’ll be fixed by April
But who knows if that’s true.
Of course it’ll eventually be fixed
Only for it to, in all likelihood
Break again
To quote the message on those barriers
“We’re working on it”.